# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-paulsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:36:51.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-paulsen"
name: "Gary Paulsen"
slug: "gary-paulsen"
description: "Gary James Paulsen was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens."
tagline: "American writer (1939–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary_Paulsen_(2012).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-05-17"
deathDate: "2021-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.291518175338561
  historical:           14.93753066666667
  currentAttention:     12.68
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667305/"
    handle:    "nm0667305"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/index.html"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Paulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen"
    title: "Gary Paulsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen"
    title: "Gary Paulsen"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump